Does promoting permeability decreases social inequality in VET? : Promises and pitfalls of a widespread idea

Abstract

"The Swiss Federal Vocational Baccalaureate (FVB) was implemented to promote higher education related with the promise on decreasing social disparities. The presented results, based on secondary analyses of a Swiss longitudinal study show that the promise couldn't be kept. The achievement of an FVB depends highly of gender, socioeconomic background and aspirations and earlier school career charakteristics. On this basis, the euphoric discussion on the compensatory effects of permeability should be founded on empirical research, rather than on policy promises." (Autorenreferat, BIBB-Doku)